Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-24
Hooting For Hancock.
INTERESTING FACTS.
Statistics About the Pullman Palace
Car COmnanv.

statistics About the Pullman PalaCo
Car Company.
The annual meeting Of the Pullman Palace
car company was held in Chicago October 13,
and President Pullman, in addressing the
meeting, supplemented the annual report
with the following general information:
During the fiscal year a number of con-
tracts have been renewed, notably the Mis-
souri, Pacific entire system, and the Grand
Trunk railway, Of Canada, which, together
with contracts made with roads not hereto
fore embraced in the system of this COM
pany cover mileage Of 14,664 miles, making
he total mileage of existing contra cts ST.
3S4 miles, an increase during the year Of
S,S04 miles
The conditions at Pullman are very salts
factory. The population is now 0,0s1 against
9,O13 one year ago. The population Of the
also rapidly growing. Hyde Park statistics
show that Is 900 reside within radius of
one mile Of the Pullman Arcade against
| $500 one year ago. The beneficial effects Of
market facilities, coupled with steady work
| at good wages, and the absence of all delet-
erious influences, are apparent in the tinan-
cial prosperity OF the people, as shown by the
s223, ,95s, against $l44, ,s22 one year ago Tho
| total payment to workmen at Pullman dur
ing the year was s., 1888 SAT; average number
| of operatives, 4,0l7; average earnings per
operative, SGol, as against $3.50 for the pre-
vious year.
Negotiations are pending for the establish
| ment at Pullman Of important works for the
| manufacture of fabrics, which will employ
female operatives. The several industries
there now are the Pullman Car works
proper, the Union Foundry and Car Wheel
| works, the Allen Paper Car Wheel works,
the Calumet Paint company, the Pullman
Iron and Steel company, the gas and water
road, Terra Gotta Lumber company and the
| Chicago Drop Forge and Foundry; the latter
company has recently arranged for the re-
moval of its cutlery department from Cleve-
| land, which will bring to Pullman q number
| of additional workmen.
To meet the demands Of increasing popula-
ton, fifty-two tenements have Just been COM
| peted, all of which are occupied, at rental
| of from 50 to Sll per month. Eighty-one ad-
| ditional tenements are in process OF erection,
| and will be ready for occupancy within few
weeks. Total number OF tenements at Pull
man, 1873.
| AS matter Of further information, II may
be stated that the total number Of persons
| employed by this company in its operating
and manufacturing department is 9,086;
wages paid during the year, 1904 6S3 62 |;
number Of cars employed, 1,26o; number OF
during year, 8, ,0S5, ,242; value Of manufactured
| product Of car works, SO, ,3S2, ,304 IA; other in
dustries at Pullman, 2,595, ,805: rs.
The records of the health Office OF the vii
lage of Hyde park show that ninety certif-
| Gates of death at Pullman were issued for
| the year ending October TO- 1887. This Is
| rate of nine per thousand, while the death
| rate of American cities averaged twenty-five
and one-half per thousand. The excellent
| sanitary conditions there are attracting much
| attention from scientific men, who have made
| them q study, and information upon the
drainage, sewerage and water supply Is in
| constant request.
Sixty-two years ago on September 10, Col.
| S. ID. Button, of Cuthbert, Ga, sailed oul
| from the mouth of the Potomac river on
board the United States frigate Brandywinc,
| for Havre, France, to carry General Lafay-
| ette home from his last visit to the United
| States. Colonel Betton was at that time d
| mdshipinan in the United States navy, He
is now in his eighty-second year, but as Wig
/ nrnus as most man at siYtV